Burial vault



March 4 1924. 1,485,607

- W J. GORMAN BURIAL VAULT Filed Feb. 18. 1922 Emmet Walier- J: Gar/Wan 711 5 I 5 3% Wlwa vault proper and to produce a new joint Patented Mar. 4, 1924.

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WALTER J'. GORMAN, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

IBURIAL VAULT.

Application filed February 18, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VALTER J. GoRMaN, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Burial Vaults, of which the following is a specification, such as willenable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to burial vaults, and particularly to vaults of this class composed of reinforced concrete and the like, and the object of this invention conslsts ;1n providing a new method of joining the cover of such vaults with the body of the or seal between the abutting faces of the cover and vault proper; and with this and other objects in view the invention consists in a vault of the class and for the purpose specified which is simple inconstruction and operation and eflicient in use, and wh1ch 1s constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters 7 in each .of the views, and in which :'v

Fig. 1 is a transverse sectional view of my improved burial vault and indicating" part of the vault in perspective; and,

Fig. 2 a detail section through a part of the cover of the vault.

In Fig. 1 I have indicated at 5 one end portion of a burial vault composed of 0on crete or the like reinforced as shown at 6 in any desired manner, and at 7 I have indicated the cover of the vault also composed of concrete reinforced as indicated at 8, and said cover or the inner face thereoi is provided with inwardly directed flanges 9 which extend inwardly on the inner walls of the vault 5 and are preferably spaced therefrom to a slight extent as indicated at 10.

The above construction forms no direct part of this invention and is shown for the purpose of illustrating my improved method Serial No. 537,386;

of joining and sealing the connection between the cover 7 and body 5 of the vault. In practice, I secure to the periphery of the cover 7 a metal strip or plate 11 which extends entirely around the edge portions of the cover as indicated in Fig. 2 of the draw ing and at predetermined points the plate 11 is cut out and placed inwardly to form substantially hook-shaped angular members 12 which are imbedded in the body of the cover, or the material thereof, as clearly sho'wnin Fig. 2 of the drawing and serve to anchor and retain the plate 11 in position, and the lower edge of said plate extends below the bottom face of the cover 7 at the periphery thereof, as shown at 13 in Fig. 1 of the drawing, to form a channel or pocket 14 extending entirely around the bottom face of the cover and into which the usual plastic sealing substance 15 is adapted to be placed, said substance being of such a character as to prevent moisture from passing into the vault but will permit of the expansion of the joint or seal between the cover and the vault proper;

I also mount centrally of the top face of the side and endwalls of the vault, metal plates 16 which are imbedded in the material ofthe vault and project slightly above the top face thereof as shown at 17, and this plate is adapted to extend into the channel 5 as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

'In the use of my improvement after the plates 11 and 16 have been mounted in "connection with the cover 7 and body 5 of' the vault, or said cover and body formed in the usual manner, and with said plates mounted therein, as hereinbefore described, the channel or pocket 14 is first filled with the plastic sealing substance 15 after which the cover is placed upon the vault in the manner shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing, and in this operation, as above stated, the plastic seal 15 is partially divided to form anexpansible joint as well as a waterproof joint or seal between the cover 7 and body 5. It will be apparent that I am not necessarily limited to any specific form of vault or cover there- Airfor, nor to any specific method of reinforcing the vault, and various changes in and modifications of my improved joint and seal for vaults of the class specified may be made, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a burial vault of the class described, comprising a body portion and a cover adapted to be placed thereon said cover being provided in the bottom face thereof with a channel adapted to receive a plastic seal, and said body portion being provided with a metal strip partially embedded therein, the upper portions of said strip being adapted :to project a predetermined distance into the channel of the cover to partially divide the plastic seal therein, when the cover is placed upon said body portion.

2. In a burial vault of the class described, comprising a body portion and a cover adapted to be placed thereon, said cover being provided with a channel in the bottom face thereof in which a plastic seal is adapted to be placed, and said body portion being provided with a projecting member adapted to project into said channel to partially divide the plastic seal therein, when said cover is placed upon said body portion, the channel in said cover being formed by an inwardly directed flange on said cover, and a metallic plate secured to the periphery of said cover and projecting below the bottom face thereof.

3. In a burial vault of the class described,

comprising a body portion and a cover adapted to be placed thereon, said cover be ing provided with a channel in the bottom face thereof in which a plastic seal is adapted to be placed, and said body portion being vide the plastic seal therein, when said cover provided with a projecting member adapted to project into said channel to partially diisplaced upon said body portion, the channel in said cover being formed by an inwardly directed flange on said cover, a metallic plate'secured to the periphery of said cover and projecting below the bottom face thereof, and the projecting member on said body portion comprising a plate imbedded in the top face thereof, and projecting beyond said face.

4. A burial vault of the class described, comprising a box-shaped body portion open at the top and provided with a cover adapted to be placed thereon, the periphery of said cover being provided with a metallic facing plate partially imbedded therein, the lower edge of said plate projecting beyond the bottom face of the cover and adapted to rest upon the top face of said body portion adapted to be placed thereon, said cover being provided at the bottom face thereof and adjacent to the periphery thereof with a channel in which a plastic seal is adapted to be placed and said body portion being provided with a projecting member adapted to extend a predetermined distance into the channel of said cover to partially divide the plastic seal therein, and part of the channel forming means serving to prevent the displacement of said cover on said vault.

6. A burial vault of the class described, comprising a box-shaped body portion open at the top and provided with a cover adapted to be placed thereon, a metal plate mounted upon the periphery of the cover and anchored thereto, said plate projecting beyond the bottom face of the cover and adapted to rest upon the top of the body portion when placed thereon to form a space between the top face of the body portion and the bottom face of said cover, in which a plastic sealing substance is adapted to be placed, and means in the top'face of the body portion projecting into said face to partially divide the sealing substance therein.

7. A burial vault of the class described,

comprising a box-shaped body portion open at the top and provided with a cover adapted to be placed thereon, a metal plate mounted upon the periphery of the cover v and anchored thereto, said plate projecting beyond the bottom face of the cover and adapted to rest upon the top of the body portion when placed thereon to form a space between the top face of the body portion and the bottom face of said cover, in which a plastic sealing substance is adapted to be placed, means in the top face of the body portion projecting into said face to partially divide the sealing substance therein, and said metallic plate serving to prevent the lateral movement of said cover on the body portion.

8. In a burial vault of the class described, comprising a body portion and a cover adapted to be placed thereon, said cover be ing provided on the bottom face thereof and adjacent to the periphery thereof with downwardly projecting members, spaced apart to form therebetween a channel extending about the periphery of the cover and adapted to receive a plastic seal, and

said body portion being provided With a projecting member adapted to project a predetermined distance into the channel of the cover to partially divide the plastic seal therein, When the cover is placed upon said body portion, and one of the projecting members on said cover being adapted to enter a recess in said body portion to prevent the displacement of said cover on said body portion.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name this 11th day of February 1922.

WALTER J. GORMAN. 

